
Leadbelly
RELEASED • 1976 • DRAMA

Original
movie
Rating
3
Language
English
Runtime
126m
Popularity
Trending Up
Overview
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and before the time he spent there.
Cast

Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter

Paul Benjamin
Wes Ledbetter

Madge Sinclair
Miss Eula

Alan Manson
Prison Chief Guard

Albert Hall
Dicklicker

Art Evans
Blind Lemon Jefferson

James Brodhead
John Lomax

John Henry Faulk
Gov. Pat Neff

Lynn Hamilton
Sally Ledbetter

Ernie Hudson
Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
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